Eller Software Services has received contract revenue information in a text file. You import, sort, and filter the data. You also create a PivotTable , prepare a worksheet with subtotals, and format related data as an Excel table. [Student Learning Outcomes 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8] Files Needed: EllerSoftware-04.xlsx (Available from the Start File link.) and EllerSoftwareText-04.txt (Available from the Resources link.) Completed Project File Name: [your name]-EllerSoftware-04.xlsx Skills Covered in This Project Import a text file. Use AutoFilters . Sort data by multiple columns. Create a PivotTable . Format fields in a PivotTable . Use the Subtotal command. Format data in an Excel table. Sort data in an Excel table. This image appears when a project instruction has changed to accommodate an update to Microsoft 365 Apps . If the instruction does not match your version of Office, try using the alternate instruction instead. Open the EllerSoftware-04.xlsx start file. Click the Enable Editing button. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it. Import the EllerSoftwareText-04.txt file downloaded from the Resources link and load it to begin in cell A4 . The text file is tab-delimited. Format the values in column H as Currency with zero decimal places. Click cell G4 and use the AutoFilter arrow to sort by date oldest to newest. Click cell F4 and use the AutoFilter arrow to sort by product/service name in ascending order. Filter the Date column to show only contracts for September using the All Dates in the Period option. Edit the label in cell A2 to display Contract Amounts for September. Select cells A1:H2 and press Ctrl+1 to open the Format Cells dialog box. On the Alignment tab, choose Center Across Selection . Change the font size for cells A1:H2 to 20 pt (Figure 4-102) and close the Queries & Connections pane. Figure 4-102 Imported data sorted and filtered Copy the Contracts sheet to the end and name the copy Data. Clear the date filter. Select cell A5 and click the PivotTable button [ Insert tab, Tables group]. The range is identified as the EllerSoftwareText file. Verify that New Worksheet is selected, deselect the Add this data to the Data Model button, and click OK . Name the sheet PivotTable. Close the Queries & Connections pane. Show the Product/Service and Contract fields in the PivotTable . Drag the Contract field from the Choose fields to add to report area below the Sum of Contract field in the Values area so that it appears twice in the report layout and the pane (Figure 4-103). Figure 4-103 “Contract” field appears twice in the report Select cell C4 and click the Field Settings button [ PivotTable Analyze tab, Active Field group]. Type Average Contract as the Custom Name , choose Average as the c ...

1. Eller Software Services has received contract revenue
information in a text file. You import, sort, and filter the data.
You also create a
PivotTable
, prepare a worksheet with subtotals, and format related data as
an Excel table.
[Student Learning Outcomes 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8]
Files Needed:
EllerSoftware-04.xlsx
(Available from the
Start File
link.)
and
EllerSoftwareText-04.txt
(Available from the
Resources
link.)
Completed Project File Name:
[your name]-EllerSoftware-04.xlsx
Skills Covered in This Project

2. Import a text file.
Use
AutoFilters
.
Sort data by multiple columns.
Create a
PivotTable
.
Format fields in a
PivotTable
.
Use the
Subtotal
command.
Format data in an Excel table.
Sort data in an Excel table.
This image appears when a project instruction has changed to
accommodate an update to
Microsoft 365 Apps
. If the instruction does not match your version of Office, try
using the alternate instruction instead.
Open the
EllerSoftware-04.xlsx
start file. Click the
Enable Editing

3. button. The file will be renamed automatically to include your
name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your
instructor, and save it.
Import the
EllerSoftwareText-04.txt
file downloaded from the
Resources
link and load it to begin in cell
A4
. The text file is tab-delimited.
Format the values in column
H
as
Currency
with zero decimal places.
Click cell
G4
and use the
AutoFilter
arrow to sort by date oldest to newest.
Click cell
F4
and use the
AutoFilter
arrow to sort by product/service name in ascending order.
Filter the
Date
column to show only contracts for
September
using the
All Dates in the Period

4. option.
Edit the label in cell
A2
to display Contract Amounts for September.
Select cells
A1:H2
and press
Ctrl+1
to open the
Format Cells
dialog box. On the
Alignment
tab, choose
Center Across Selection
.
Change the font size for cells
A1:H2
to
20 pt
(Figure 4-102) and close the
Queries & Connections
pane.
Figure 4-102 Imported data sorted and filtered
Copy the
Contracts
sheet to the end and name the copy Data.
Clear the date filter.
Select cell
A5
and click the

5. PivotTable
button [
Insert
tab,
Tables
group]. The range is identified as the
EllerSoftwareText
file.
Verify that
New Worksheet
is selected, deselect the
Add this data to the Data Model
button, and click
OK
.
Name the sheet PivotTable. Close the
Queries & Connections
pane.
Show the
Product/Service
and
Contract
fields in the
PivotTable
.
Drag the
Contract
field from the
Choose fields to add to report
area below the
Sum of Contract
field in the

6. Values
area so that it appears twice in the report layout and the pane
(Figure 4-103).
Figure 4-103 “Contract” field appears twice in the report
Select cell
C4
and click the
Field Settings
button [
PivotTable Analyze
tab,
Active Field
group]. Type Average Contract as the
Custom Name
, choose
Average
as the calculation, and set the
Number Format
to
Currency
with zero decimal places.
Select cell
C4
and click the
Field Settings
button [
PivotTable Tools Analyze
tab,
Active Field
group]. Type Average Contract as the
Custom Name
, choose
Average
as the calculation, and set the

7. Number Format
to
Currency
with zero decimal places.
Select cell
B4
and set its
Custom Name
to Total Contracts and the number format to
Currency
with zero decimal places.
Apply
Brown, Pivot Style Dark 3
.
Select the
Data
sheet tab and copy cells
A1:A2
. Paste them in cell
A1
on the
PivotTable
sheet.
Select
Align Left
for cells
A1:A2
and
16 pt.
as the font size. Edit the label in cell
A2
to display Contract Amounts, September through December

8. (Figure 4-104).
Figure 4-104 Completed
PivotTable
Copy the
Data
sheet to the end and name the copy Subtotals.
Select cell
D5
and sort by
City
in
A
to Z
order.
Select cell
A5
and convert the table to a range. Select cells
A5:H31
and apply
No Fill
[
Home
tab,
Font
group].
Use the
Subtotal
command to show a
SUM
for the contract amounts for each city.

9. Edit the label in cell
A2
to display Contract Amounts by City.
Format the sheet to
Landscape
orientation, center the page vertically, and scale it to fit one
page.
Click the
Billable Hours
sheet tab and select cell
A4
.
Click the
Format as Table
button [
Home
tab,
Styles
group], use
Orange, Table Style Medium 10
, and remove the data connections.
Type 5% Add On in cell
E4
and press
Enter
.
Build a formula in cell
E5
to multiply cell
D5

10. by
105%
and press
Enter
to copy the formula.
Select cells
A1:A2
and left align them. Then select cells
A1:E2
, click the
Launcher
for the
Alignment
group [
Home
tab], and select
Center Across Selection
from the
Horizontal
list.
Use the
AutoFilter
arrows to sort by date in oldest to newest order.
Save and close the workbook (Figure 4-105).
Figure 4-105 Excel 4-4 completed
Upload and save your project file.
Submit project for grading.